Duration of Shared Grp XP Penalties

[Striiker]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a moderately twinked 19 warrior. He has two obsidian shards and still has trouble maintaining aggro. If there is a monk or rogue in the group they're going to be tanking a lot unless they back off the dps. If the mob is yellow or higher, I can't even taunt it. You receive an 11%-18% penalty, depending on race, from adding a hybrid to your group. IMO, its worth it.

I agree with you. I play an enchanter and it was great having two paladins busy keeping aggro off me. The same can be said when I grouped with a couple of shadowknights. I have no problems grouping with hybrids regardless of race etc. In fact, I personally would be inclined to grab an SK / Paladin for the agro reasons. (I get spanked a lot less this way by angry mobs).
I was trying to point out though that the server has more than its share of people who focus solely on XP and will now pass on certain classes if they can. It's sad but true. I am certain though that hybrid and racials will have no issues getting into most groups but the times when one can't get a group sucks a lot.

[Ihealyou]

Originally Posted by Striiker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree with you. I play an enchanter and it was great having two paladins busy keeping aggro off me. The same can be said when I grouped with a couple of shadowknights. I have no problems grouping with hybrids regardless of race etc. In fact, I personally would be inclined to grab an SK / Paladin for the agro reasons. (I get spanked a lot less this way by angry mobs).
I was trying to point out though that the server has more than its share of people who focus solely on XP and will now pass on certain classes if they can. It's sad but true. I am certain though that hybrid and racials will have no issues getting into most groups but the times when one can't get a group sucks a lot.

I wasn't trying to say that you are one of those xp uber alles people. I guess I could have made my post a little more clear [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I completely agree with you. Even people that want to grind out xp as fast as possible need to consider more than just xp per kill. Is the healer having trouble keeping up because the warrior can't keep aggro? Is your group going to wipe because there's no chanter, and you don't want to invite a bard? People need to consider the fact that hybrids can improve the group. If you're killing twice as fast, it doesn't matter that you have an 11% xp penalty.